Combined radio-typewriter



March 10, 1970 M. TASHIAN COMBINED RADIO-TYPEWRITER Filed 001:. 28, 1966INVENTOR' /l/e/w0 7'asfi/a/7 ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,500,210COMBINED RADIO-TYPEWRITER Melcon Tashian, 215 E. 64th St., New York,N.Y. 10021 Filed Oct. 28, 1966, Ser. No. 590,344 Int. Cl. H04b 1/06 US.Cl. 325310 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A typewriter-radiocombination is disclosed in which means are provided for mounting aradio to a typewriter so that the radio can be heard and operated fromexternally of, but is completely housed internally of, the typewriterhousing.

The present invention relates to a combined radiotypewriter.

It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a unit whichcombines a typewriter and a radio, so that the operator of thetypewriter can conveniently operate the radio.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a unit of thislatter type where the radio is connected with the typewriter in such away that on the one hand the operation of the typewriter is in no wayinterfered with and on the other hand the radio is convenientlyaccessible.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a unit of theabove type which enables the radio to be easily and conveniently removedfor repair purposes as well as replaced when in proper operatingcondition.

Also, it is an object of the present invention to provide for a unit ofthe above type a radio antenna situated at a location where it canconveniently be manipulated by the operator.

In addition it is an object of the present invention to provide a unitof the above type which can be easily constructed at low cost and whichdoes not in any way undesirably increase the size of the typewriterbeyond the size which it normally has.

In accordance with the present invention the combined radio-typewriterincludes a typewriter which has an outer frame provided with a rearwall, and a radio is operatively connected with the frame of thetypewriter at the rear wall thereof.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings which form part of this application and in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective illustration of the combinedradio-typewriter unit of the invention as seen from the rear;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary sectional elevation on an enlarged scale ascompared to FIG. 1, taken along line 22 of FIG. 1 in the direction ofthe arrows; and

FIG. 3 is an upwardly directed plan view of the structure of FIG. 2fragmentarily illustrating that part of the typewriter where the radiois located in accordance with the invention, FIG. 3 being taken alongline 3-3 of FIG. 2 in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now the the drawings, there is schematically illustrated inFIG. 1 a typewriter which may be of a conventional construction exceptfor the changes noted below. The typewriter 10 has a frame 12 which isin the form of a hollow housing having a rear wall 14, a side Wall 16,and a top wall 18, the frame 12 being open at its bottom.

The rear wall 14 of the frame 12 is formed adjacent to the side wall 16,which adjoins and extends forwardly from the rear wall 14, with anopening 20, and this opening is covered by fabric 22 which is attachedto the rear wall 14 in any suitable way. The side wall 16 is formed inthe region of the rear wall 14 with a vertical row of 3,500,210 PatentedMar. 10, 1970 openings 24, there being three openings 24 in theillustrated example. The top wall 18 is formed with an opening 26 andfixedly carries a sleeve 28 (FIG. 2) which registers with the opening 26and which is fixed to and extends downwardly from the inner surface ofthe top wall 18.

The radio 30 is in the form of a small transistor unit which whenmounted on the typewriter 10 has its speaker in registration with theopening 20 so that the sound will emanate from the radio through thisopening 20 and the fabric 22 carried by the rear wall 14 at its opening20. The radio 30 is provided with three operating knobs 32 which may beused, for example, for turning the radio on and off, for controlling thevolume thereof, and for tuning purposes. The knobs 32 are removablymounted in a well known manner on three shafts 34 which project freelythrough the openings 24, respectively, and which extend from the housing36 of the radio 30. Thus, the radio 30 is carried by the frame 12 of thetypewriter against the inner surface of the rear wall 14 thereofadjacent to the side wall 16 with the operating knobs 32 accessible atthe exterior of the side wall 16 adjacent to the rear wall of the radio,so that in this way the operator can conveniently control the radio.

An antenna 38 is provided for the radio, and this antenna has aplurality of sections 40 which are telescopically slidable one withinthe other, with the lowermost section 40 of largest diameterfrictionally carried by the sleeve 28 and with the upper end of thislowermost section situated adjacent to the upper exterior surface of thetop wall 18 so that when all of the telescoped sections 40 aretelescoped within each other the antenna projects only to a small extentabove the top wall 18 of the typewriter. The frictional mounting of theantenna in the sleeve 28 provides a resistance to movement of theantenna which is great enough to maintain it in the illustrated positionwhile the operator extends and retracts the antenna.

Within the hollow frame 12 of the typewriter is situated a flexibleconductor 42 which is operatively connected with the antenna and withthe radio in the manner shown schematically in FIG. 2.

A releasable mounting means 44 is provided for releasably mounting theradio on the typewriter frame. This mounting means 44 includes a pair ofspringy clip members 46 having the configuration most clearly apparentfrom FIGS. 2 and 3 and fixed in any suitable way, as by rivets 48, tothe rear wall 14 at the inner surface thereof. The springy free ends 50of the clips 46 extend downwardly and terminate adjacent the bottom edgeof the frame 12, as indicated in FIG. 2'. The clips 46 are identicalwith each other and are situated at the same elevation with one nearerto the side wall 16 than the other.

When it is desired to remove the radio to the dot-dash line positionindicated at the lower part of FIG. 1, the operator will first removethe knobs 32 and will then shift the radio with respect to the clips 46inwardly away from the side wall 16 so that the shafts 34 will besituated in their entirety within the frame 12 and clear of the wall 16.Then the operator can remove the radio downwardly and outwardly from thehollow frame against the spring force of the clips 46, so that in thisway the radio is accessible for repair purposes. The radio is replacedthrough the reverse of these operations.

It is therefore apparent that with the structure of the invention aminimum amount of modification of a conventional typewriter is requiredin order to enable it, in accordance with the present invention, to havecombined therewith a radio of the type described above, so that in thisway a combined radio-typewriter unit is provided. The operator of thetyepwriter need not leave the typewriter to operate the radio.

The radio can be battery operated so that a cord connecting the radio toa wall outlet is unnecessary.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined radio-typewriter unit comprising a typewriter having anaperture in the rear wall of its frame and a plurality of openings inone of its side walls, a radio having a speaker and a plurality ofoperating shafts onto' which knobs may be attached for convenientoperation, means for mounting said radio to said rear wall so that saidspeaker communicates with said aperture and said plurality of operatingshafts are aligned with said plurality of openings for operationexternally of said frame, said mounting means comprising a plurality ofspring clip members attached to said frame and extending inwardlytherefrom to conform approximately to the contour of said radio whensaid radio is mounted to said frame, whereby said members resilientlyurge said radio against said rear wall when said radio is in mountedposition while permitting movement of said radio for aligning saidspeaker and shafts with said aperture and openings respectively andpermitting removal of said radio from beneath said frame, said framehaving an opening in its top wall, an antenna having a plurality ofsections telescopically con- References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS2,486,536 11/1949 Olson 325-310 2,581,714 1/1952 Rovere 325--310 XR2,927,995 3/1960 Francis 325310 2,958,769 11/1960 Bounds 3253102,990,471 6/1961 Tiffany 325310 XR KATHLEEN H. CLAFFY, Primary ExaminerB. P. SMITH, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 1813 1

